RESEARCH

Chuck McDonald and Dale Murden, two of TGSB Board of Director's, attend a field day in the Rio Grande Valley to learn about current sorghum research.

MARKETING

A group of Egyptian sorghum buyers visit Texas and take tours to learn about Texas sorghum production and end uses.

EDUCATION

Calvin Trostle of Texas AgriLife Extension, educates producers on his sorghum research of his work funded by the Texas Grain Sorghum Producers & the United Sorghum Checkoff Program to field day attendees in the Southern High Plains.

Sorghum Variety Trials Test Results!

2017 TGSB Board Elections

Texas Grain Sorghum Producers Board will hold its biennial election on July 17, 2017. The current terms of five (5) of the fifteen (15) board members will expire this year. Any person living within the following counties who is engaged in the business of producing, or causing to be produced, sorghum for commercial purposes, is eligible to vote, including owners of farms and their tenants and sharecroppers, if such person is subject to paying the assessment that is collected on sorghum in Texas. Eligible voters in the districts may take part in the 2017 election.

Any person qualified to vote in the election may place his or her name in nomination to represent the district in which he or she resides on the Texas Grain Sorghum Producers Board for a maximum term to six years. The nominee must certify that he or she is willing to serve if elected. The nomination form must be signed by the nominee and must have the signatures and complete mailing addresses of ten other eligible voters who reside in the district the person is seeking to represent. Click the link to the right for the nomination form: TGSB 2017 Election – Nomination Form. Nominations must be filed with the Texas Grain Sorghum Producers Board by June 7, 2017.

The election will be held by mail ballot, which will be available to all eligible voters no later than 15 days prior to the election. Completed ballots must be mailed to Texas Grain Sorghum Board, 4201 N. I-27, Lubbock, TX 79403 and must bepostmarked before midnight on July 17, 2017. Persons qualified to vote who do not receive a ballot 15 days prior to the election may obtain one at their local county agricultural extension office, or grain elevator, or by contacting TGSB staff at morgan@texassorghum.org.